The Relationship between Smartphone Addiction and Perceived Social Support of University Students’

Konan, Necdet; Durmuş, Emine; Bakır, Aslı Ağıroğlu; Türkoglu, Duygu

doi:10.15345/iojes.2018.05.016

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“… 12 Research on smartphone addiction and students’ perception of the support they receive from social relationships indicates that the level of perceived social support of females was statistically higher compared to males, but smartphone addiction levels do not significantly differ based on gender. 32 …”

Section: Gender and Smartphone Addictionmentioning

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Smartphone addiction, gender and interpersonal attachment: A cross-sectional analytical survey in Taiwan

Chou

2023

DIGITAL HEALTH

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Overview Smartphone use has dramatically increased worldwide, contributing to a profound change in interpersonal interactions. They have become the primary medium of human interaction, and smartphone addiction, consequently, has become a modern-day reality. Recent research on smartphone addiction has provided diverse explanations regarding the correlation between gender and addiction. Therefore, this study aims to analyse the correlation and variance among smartphone addiction, gender and interpersonal attachment. Methods The participants included Taiwanese citizens and the questionnaires were randomly distributed; 1190 valid questionnaires (534 males, 656 females) were collected. Descriptive statistics were computed to observe the average value and standard deviation between interpersonal attachment and gender. Next, Spearman's ρ was conducted to interpret the correlation among smartphone addiction, gender and interpersonal attachment. Finally, the participants were divided into three groups based on their pre-determined level of smartphone addiction: high, moderate and low addictions. The Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed based on interpersonal attachment as the independent variable to determine any statistically significant difference among the three levels. Results There are four patterns of interpersonal attachment: secure, avoidant, dismissing and anxious attachments. The correlation analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between interpersonal attachment and smartphone addiction ( p > 0.000), while revealing no relationship between gender and smartphone addiction or gender and interpersonal attachment. Additionally, the ANOVA indicated the difference was statistically significant in the groups of high and moderate addictions; no statistical significance was identified in the group of low addiction ( p < 0.204). Conclusion This study revealed that there was no correlation between gender and smartphone addiction, but rather, a positive correlation between smartphone addiction and interpersonal attachment. This positive correlation suggests both high and moderate addiction groups display insecurity in their interpersonal attachment. Therefore, to lower the prevalence of unhealthy smartphone addiction, maintaining healthy interpersonal relationships is suggested.

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Section: Gender and Smartphone Addictionmentioning

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Smartphone addiction, gender and interpersonal attachment: A cross-sectional analytical survey in Taiwan

Chou

2023

DIGITAL HEALTH

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“…Social support could be considered a significant resource to alleviate the negative effects of stressors (Delaney, 2017) it can enhance psychological resilience, hopeful thinking, academic performance, and life satisfaction (Satı & Girgin, 2016;Xiang, Teng, Li, Chen, & Guo, 2020). Numerous past studies have shown that university students with low perceived social support demonstrated high smartphone usage (Celik & Konan, 2019;Konan, Durmuş, Bakır, & Türkoğlu, 2018). In terms of the association between psychological distress and perceived social support, the vulnerability of undergraduates to depressive and anxiety symptoms is closely related to perceived social support (Zhang, Zhang, Zhang, Zhang, & Feng, 2018).…”

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“…The clinical undergraduates who received high social support demonstrated reduced depression and stress (Kalok et al, 2020). Perceived social support was found to be significantly and negatively correlated with smartphone addiction among university students (Akturk & Budak, 2019;Konan et al, 2018). The relationship between social support and smartphone addiction is cyclical and complex as not only that social support predicted later smartphone addiction; but smartphone addiction also reduced social support over time (Herrero, Urueña, Torres, & Hidalgo, 2019).…”

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Psychological Distress and Smartphone Addiction: Does Perceived Social Support Make a Difference

Law¹,

Yap

2022

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The smartphone is a double-edged sword for university students; it is a necessary tool for communication which also brings along negative consequences if used excessively. This cross-sectional study was conducted to identify the prevalence rate of smartphone addiction among the undergraduates, to determine psychological distress as a significant predictor of smartphone addiction, and to examine perceived social support as a significant mediator in psychological distress and smartphone addiction. A total of 112 (61 females, 51 males) undergraduates in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, aged 18 to 24 years were selected through the purposive sampling method. Participants completed a set of questionnaires via Google Form consisting of Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. SmartPLS (Partial Least Squares) which is based on the principles of path modeling and bootstrapping was employed to build the causal model. Results revealed that 66.10% of undergraduates were addicted to smartphones. Also, psychological distress significantly predicted smartphone addiction, with t-value = 7.423, p < 0.001. However, perceived social support did not mediate the relationship between psychological distress and smartphone addiction, with t-value = -0.939, p > 0.05. These findings imply that smartphones have become indispensable for undergraduates and the psychological distress of undergraduates should be given priority in reducing smartphone addiction. Suggestions are made for higher learning institutions to design intervention plans to reduce the psychological distress and smartphone addiction amongst university students.

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“…Researchers found that perceived social support was a good predictor of problematic internet behavior. Perceived social support can effectively slow down teenagers' deviant behavior on the Internet [9] .…”

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The Effect of Materialism on Social Media Addiction: A Chain Mediation Model

Wang¹,

Chen²,

Xu³

et al. 2022

Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)

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This study aimed to investigate the effect of materialism on social media addiction and the mediating role of perceived social support and self-esteem among college students. A total of 314 college students were recruited in this study. The results showed that (1) materialism, social media addiction, perceived social support and self-esteem were significantly correlated; (2) perceived social support and self-esteem respectively played a mediating role in the effect of materialism on social media addiction; and (3) perceived social support and selfesteem played a chain mediating role in the effect of materialism on social media addiction.

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The Relationship between Smartphone Addiction and Perceived Social Support of University Students’

Cited by 9 publications

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Smartphone addiction, gender and interpersonal attachment: A cross-sectional analytical survey in Taiwan

Smartphone addiction, gender and interpersonal attachment: A cross-sectional analytical survey in Taiwan

Psychological Distress and Smartphone Addiction: Does Perceived Social Support Make a Difference

The Effect of Materialism on Social Media Addiction: A Chain Mediation Model

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